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weber¹

  • /ˈwɛbə/ UK
  • /ˈveɪbə/ UK
  • /ˈwɛbɚ/ US
  • /ˈveɪbɚ/ US

Rhymes with -eɪbə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Named after the German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber

noun webers

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.

Weber²

  • /ˈwɛbər/ surname
  • /ˈwiːbər/ surname
  • /ˈweɪbər/ surname
  • /ˈwiːbər/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Weber.

proper noun

  1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from Weber (“weaver”). Ironically, the German university became more bourgeois just when contemporaries like Weber began to criticize the "social aristocratic tendency of our time" among the cultivated and when student subculture in the duelling corporations was becoming more neofeudal!
  2. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Missouri; named for local merchant William Weber.
  3. An unincorporated community in Washington; named for early settler Jacob Weber.
  4. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
  5. A river in Utah, United States; running 201 km from the Uinta Mountains into the Great Salt Lake; named for fur trader and explorer John Henry Weber.
  6. A hamlet in Tararua district, Manawatū-Whanganui region, North Island, New Zealand; named for surveyor Charles H. Weber.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wb, webber, webb, dimitri, osler, haag, rendu, fechner, kellermann, krabbe, klippel, danis, hirsch, threader, weaver, clothier

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noun derived unit of magnetic flux

Españolweber
日本語ウェーバ wēba
中文韋伯 /韦伯 wéibó
Português(pl: webers) weber
Françaisweber
DeutschWeber
Italianoweber
Ελληνικάβέμπερ vémper
Русскийве́бер vɛ́bɛr

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"weber." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/weber. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

weber. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/weber

Chicago

"weber." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/weber.

BibTeX
@misc{weber_2026,
  title = {weber},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weber},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}